- A monorail is a rail based transportation system. based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track.
- The term originates from joining mono (one) and rail (rail), from as early as 1897, possibly from German engineer Eugen Langen who called an elevated railway system
- India’s first monorail in Mumbai Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has recently announced that “the first monorail service in the country will be rolled out (in Mumbai) later this year.”
- Expected to reduce traffic congestion between Chembur and Wadala, the project is estimated to cost over Rs 3,000 crore and will take another two to three years to be fully functional.
